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Eminent Domain
The right of the state to take the property of a citizen for the common good of all citizens. An attribute of sovereignty and inherent therein as a necessary and inseparable part. The power of eminent domain, as its name imports , is paramount to all private rights vested […]
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Cause List
An official list of actions, demurrers, petitions, appeals, etc., set down for trial or argument in open court. Similar to the American calendar or docket (g. V.) …
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Jurisdiction
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jurisdiction Meaning of Jurisdiction The extent of legal authority and power . A term of large and comprehensive import , it generally denotes the lawful authority of a body to exercise power. The term […]
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Proof
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Proof Meaning of Proof The result or the effect of evidence ; frequently used as synonymous with competent and legal evidence; testimony . The logically sufficient reason for assenting to the truth of a […]
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Judicial Review
Generally, the phrase denotes the power of Superior Courts to review the decisions and proceedings of inferior courts. However, the phrase has now specifically come to denote that jurisdiction of the superior courts whereby it issues the prerogative writs of Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari […]
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Tax
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Tax Meaning of Tax An impost , a tribute imposed upon the subject . A compulsory imposition by competent authority on the subjects. there can be no option on the part of the taxpayer to pay or not to pay […]
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Common Law
Common law in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of common law. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Common Law (You may find common law at the world legal encyclopedia and the […]
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Forensic Medicine
Medical jurisprudence . That science which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purpose of the law. Hence, its requirements are, on the one hand, the requirements of the law, and on the other , the whole range of medicine.
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Fine
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fine Meaning of Fine In criminal law, the term denotes one form of punishment imposed whereby the offender is ordered to pay a certain sum o: money . It is a pecuniary penalty and may include forfeiture […]
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Conditional Discharge
Translate Conditional Discharge from English to Spanish Translation of Conditional Discharge, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Pena desviada (en casos de drogas) and other legal terms is available here. Pena desviada (en casos de drogas) Legal English […]
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Conditional Discharge
Translate Conditional Discharge from English to Spanish Translation of Conditional Discharge, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Pena desviada (en casos de drogas) and other legal terms is available here. Pena desviada (en casos de drogas) Legal English […]
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Judge
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Judge (You may find judge at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). mid-14c., “public officer appointed to administer the law” (early 13c. as a surname), also judge-man; from Old French juge, from Latin iudex […]
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Damages
Hello Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Damages in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term damages into Spanish: perjuicios (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus Resources See Also Law […]